Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests

Forest fragmentation has been one of the major issues in urban landscape due to anthropogenic activities. It produces remnants of forest patches, which were originally large and continuous forest. Forest fragmentation will adversely impact on forest fauna diversity. However, the impacts are depend...

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Main Authors:	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Shukor Md-Nor, Saiful Arif Abdullah
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Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/1/45_1_06.pdf

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spelling	ukm-117992018-06-29T08:05:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/ Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Shukor Md-Nor, Saiful Arif Abdullah, Forest fragmentation has been one of the major issues in urban landscape due to anthropogenic activities. It produces remnants of forest patches, which were originally large and continuous forest. Forest fragmentation will adversely impact on forest fauna diversity. However, the impacts are dependent on the type and characteristic of the forest remnants itself. This study therefore investigated species composition of birds within fragmented forest in the state of Selangor. Six remnants of forest reserves located in the midst of urban landscape that vary in size and landscape matrix were chosen. Methods used were mist-netting and direct observation. A total of 83 species of birds have been recorded in all sites. Native-forest species are species that depends solely on forest for their livelihood. Larger percentage of native-forest species were found in the larger forest compared to smaller forest suggesting that smaller forest are more vulnerable towards invasion of non-forest species. This however is highly supported by the landscape matrix that surrounds the forest. In conclusion, landscape matrix other than forest size were found to be the major factor that influenced the capacity of the forest to maintain more native-forest species. However,further studies need to be carried out at a larger experimental scale to test this theory. Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/1/45_1_06.pdf Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, and Shukor Md-Nor, and Saiful Arif Abdullah, (2016) Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests. Malaysian Applied Biology, 45 (1). pp. 55-63. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=555&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description	Forest fragmentation has been one of the major issues in urban landscape due to anthropogenic activities. It produces remnants of forest patches, which were originally large and continuous forest. Forest fragmentation will adversely impact on forest fauna diversity. However, the impacts are dependent on the type and characteristic of the forest remnants itself. This study therefore investigated species composition of birds within fragmented forest in the state of Selangor. Six remnants of forest reserves located in the midst of urban landscape that vary in size and landscape matrix were chosen. Methods used were mist-netting and direct observation. A total of 83 species of birds have been recorded in all sites. Native-forest species are species that depends solely on forest for their livelihood. Larger percentage of native-forest species were found in the larger forest compared to smaller forest suggesting that smaller forest are more vulnerable towards invasion of non-forest species. This however is highly supported by the landscape matrix that surrounds the forest. In conclusion, landscape matrix other than forest size were found to be the major factor that influenced the capacity of the forest to maintain more native-forest species. However,further studies need to be carried out at a larger experimental scale to test this theory.
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author	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Shukor Md-Nor, Saiful Arif Abdullah,
spellingShingle	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Shukor Md-Nor, Saiful Arif Abdullah, Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests
author_facet	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Shukor Md-Nor, Saiful Arif Abdullah,
author_sort	Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib,
title	Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests
title_short	Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests
title_full	Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests
title_fullStr	Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests
title_full_unstemmed	Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests
title_sort	implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests
publisher	Malaysian Society of Applied Biology
publishDate	2016
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11799/1/45_1_06.pdf
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Implications of patch size and landscape matrix towards native-forest bird species in fragmented forests

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